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wrote:
Yes but there was no fan and the hard drive gets really hot. Also
adaware or spyware would not cause a computer to not be able to format
a harddrive.

Bob Shuman wrote:
Adding RAM memory does not usually require any additional fans/cooling. It
is difficult to diagnose this remotely from your description, but if you
have eliminated viruses, then I'd strongly suspect adware/spyware. Try
downloading the latest Adaware or Spybot Search and Destroy and run a full
diagnostic. Also try deleting any unneeded files using the disk utility and
then run scandisk and defrag afterward. Good luck.

Bob

When the unit is acting up, what temperature does the bios setup screen
say the CPU is at?
What speed are the fans running, the bios setup screen may also show
this?